Welcome to Girls for a Change!
We’re a grass-roots initiative whose mission is “to empower girls to embrace their future, confident about their individuality, supported by friends, parents, and mentors and secure in their ability to lead and to achieve self-sufficiency, balance, fulfillment and success.”
Girls for a Change is made up of a Girls’ Core Committee and a Women’s Core Committee. Together, we plan an annual conference for 8th-12th grade girls across Montana, and participate in community service projects, international discussions and activities, awareness projects, and team building activities.
Recently, we have:
- Started our planning for our 2012 girls conference…REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! (for all girls grades 8-12)
- Hosted a group of Brazilian exchange students to participate in dialogue about what is 100% possible in our lives!
- Celebrated real beauty during “Love Your Body Day”.
- Attended the inauguration of President Cruzado.
- Celebrated sustainability by hosting a “Water Challenge” booth at the Nomkoo welcome event.
- Improved a trail bed with Gallatin Valley Land Trust.
- Seen great success with the 2010 annual conference! Our keynote speaker was Stephanie Quayle, a Bozeman native who is now a self-produced singer-songwriter. The conference brought together 204 girls from 41 different Montana communities!
- Met with girls from Pakistan for a cultural exchange, as well as a group of professionals from Bangladesh, to whom the girls presented information on community approaches to youth issues and poverty.
We’ve got great things planned for the near future, so thank you for your interest and feel free to contact us with any questions or comments, or if you want to join our mailing list sign up for our free email newsletter.
Girls for a Change is not related to the San Jose-based organization Girls for a Change. If you are looking for the San Jose-based organization please visit http://www.girlsforachange.org.
